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Hobbies -- a list from wikipedia.com -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hobbies
Wikipedia says "This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome."
Categories: 1 Amateur Science related / 2 Animal-related / 3 Arts and crafts / 4 Collecting / 5 Computer-related / 6 Food / 7 DIY (Do It Yourself) / 8 Electronics / 9 Film-making / 10 Games / 11 Gardening / 12 Historical reenactment / 13 Interactive fiction / 14 Internet-based hobbies / 15 Literature / 16 Model (scale model) building / 17 Music / 18 Observation / 19 Outdoor/nature activities / 20 Performing arts / 21 Photography / 22 Sports or other physical activities / 23 Toys of some sophistication / 24 Transportation
(1) Amateur Science related: Astronomy / Microscopy / Chemical experiments / Electronics / Fireworks / Genealogy / Kitchen chemistry / Lasers / Mass-Observation / Physics demos or experiments / Robots (See also: The Amateur Scientist)
(2) Animal-related: Animal Fancy (keeping or breeding animals for pets or show) / Animal rescue (injured or orphaned wild or domestic animals) / Bird watching / Beekeeping / Dog breeding / Falconry / Fishkeeping / Herpetoculture / Horses / Hunting / Human agility / Dog training / Elephant training
(3) Arts and crafts: Altar art / Beading / Blacksmithing / Boxmaking / Calligraphy / Carving of various materias / Collaging / Cosplay / Crochet / Cross-stitch / Dollhouse making and playing / Drawing / Embroidery / Enamels / Engraving / Face Painting / Figure painting / Finger painting / Glassblowing / Henna application / Jewelery making / Kirigami / Knitting / Lace making / Leather crafting / Lifecasting / Origami / Painting / Sculpting out of various materials / Splatter painting / Papercraft / Pottery / Puppet making / Quilting / Scrapbooking / Sculpture / Sewing / Soapmaking / Stained glass / Stamping / Tile setting / Tole painting / Watercoloring / Weaving / Wood carving / Woodworking
(4) Collecting: / Antiques / Artwork / Autographs / Aviation / archaeology / Banknotes / Baseball cards / Beetles / Books / Bottles / Business cards / Butterflies / Buttons / Calendars / Cameras / Candlesticks / Cans / Cards / Conifer cones / Bottle caps / Christmas accessories / Classic videogames / Clocks / Coasters / Coins / Comic books / Crystals / Currency / Dice / Die-cast toys / Dumpster diving / Enamels / Fashion Design / Feathers / Fossils / Found objects / Fountain pens / Guns / Handbags / Hats / Jewelry / Keychains / Knives (pocket knives, hunting knives, kitchen knives) / License Plates / Lunchboxes / Magazines / Manga / Matchcovers and matchboxes ("phillumenism") / Microchips / Militaria / Miniature figures / Moths / Newspapers / Patches / Photographs / Plates / Postcards / Posters / Quilts / Quotations / Recordings (Records, CDs, Cassettes) / Rocks and Minerals / Seashells / Scale models / Salt and pepper shakers / Shopping lists / Snow globes / Souvenirs / Spoons / Stamps / Stickers / Swords / Teddy bears / Thimbles / Trading cards (such as baseball cards) / Treasure hunting (possibly using metal detectors) / Toys / Vinyl records / Watches and Clocks / Wine / Yardsticks
(5) Computer-related: / 3D computer graphics design / Animation design / Computer games / Computer programming (Open source and the free software movement -- Competitive programming - e.g. ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest or TopCoder / Distributed computing projects / Image editing (with Adobe Photoshop for example) / Retrocomputing / Modding / case modding / Overclocking
(6) Food: / Baking ... cake ... desserts ... donuts ... muffins ... pies ... pizza ... scones ... turnovers / Barbecue (Grilling) / Beer brewing / Cake decorating / OpenCola / Canning / Ice cream and ices making / Preparation and serving / Wine making / Wine tasting
(7) DIY (Do It Yourself): / Home Repairs / Interior Design / Logging / Inventing / Ideas / Lock picking / Go-Karting / Refurbishing
(8) Electronics: Amateur radio / CB radio / Circuit bending / DIY audio / Designing and building electronic circuits / Hardware hacking / TV and FM DXing / Home theater
(9) Film-making: Animation / Short movies
(10) Games: Backgammon / Bridge / Casino / Checkers / Chess / Carrom / Chinese Checkers / Collectible Card Games / Clue / Cribbage / Dominoes / Fantasy sports / Gin rummy / Go / Hearts / Monopoly / Parchesi / Pente / Poker / Risk / Role-playing games / Rook / Rummikube / Scrabble / Stratego / Spades / Sudoku / Tiddlywinks / Trading Card Games / Video games / Wargaming, sometimes with miniatures
(11) Gardening: Bonsai / Flowers / Grafting / Mushrooms / Plants / Trees
(12) Historical reenactment: Ancient reenactment (See also: List of ancient reenactment groups) / Dark Ages reenactment / Early Medieval reenactment / High Medieval reenactment / Renaissance reenactment / Jousting / English Civil War reenactment / Modern reenactment / North America Fur Trade reenactments (known as "Rendezvous") / French and Indian War reenactment / American Revolutionary War reenactment / Napoleonic war reenactment / Franco-Prussian War reenactment / American Civil War reenactment / Wild West reenactment / Cowboy action shooting / World War II* news
(13) Interactive fiction: Collaborative fiction / Gamebook / Interactive storytelling / Role-playing game / Sopranos episode reenactment (Has become increasingly popular in upstate New York.)
(14) Internet-based hobbies: Fun with Your friends / Blogging / BookCrossing / Currency bill tracking / Facebooking / Geocaching / Google whacking / GPS drawing / IRC / MUD / MSN / MySpace / Newsgroups / Random surfing / StumbleUpon / Trolling / Wikipedia / World Wide Web / Yahoo Answers / Friendster / Mindsay / Sims and Simming
(15) Literature: Constructed languages (conlanging) / Geofiction, including model nations / Learning foreign languages / Reading and bibliophilia / Penpal / Writing / Zines
(16) Model (scale model) building: Boats / Live steam models / Matchstick models / Military models / Aircraft / Cars, including radio-controlled cars / Commercial vehicles / Model engineering (Machining) / Houses / Figures / Military vehicles / Model nations / Railroads / Backyard railroads / Rockets / Yachts and yachting
(17) Music: Karaoke / Musical composition and MIDI composition / Singing and playing musical instruments / Songwriting / Listening to music
(18) Observation: Amateur astronomy / Bird watching / Geyser gazing / Horoscopes / People/crowd watching / Transportation spotting (see below at transpotation and vehicles)
(19) Outdoor/nature activities: (Also see sports below) Airsoft / Backpacking / Birdfeeding, birding, and birdwatching / Bouldering / Buildering or urban climbing / Butterfly watching / Camping / Caving / Canoeing and kayaking / Croquet / Disc golf / Equestrian sports / Fishing / Gardening (forest gardening, organic gardening, wildlife gardening, bonsai, and permaculture) / Geocaching / Ghost Hunting / Golf / Hacky Sack-- footbag / Hiking / Historical Trekking / HopScotching / Horse riding / Hunting / Ice Skating / Kite flying / Laser skirmish / Mountain climbing / Nudism / Paintball / Rafting / Rock climbing / Rockhounding (rock and mineral hunting/collecting) / Plinking / Rope skipping / Sailing / SCUBA diving / Sight seeing / Skiing / Skateboarding / Snorkeling / Snowboarding / Survival Camping / Stone skipping / Traveling / Treasure hunting (possibly with metal detectors) / Ultimate discing / Urban Exploration / Walking / Yo-yo-ing
(20) Performing arts: Amateur theater / Dancing / Juggling / Magic tricks / Singing / Poetry reading / Playreading / Puppetry / Bhangra Dancing
(21) Photography: Astrophotography / Darkroom work (developing and printing photographic film) / Kite and model plane aerial photography / Shooting pictures
(22) Sports or other physical activities: Aerobics / Archery / Aviation / Badminton / Baseball, softball, and rounders / Basketball / Boating / Bocce / Bowling alley bowling / Boxing / Cheerleading / Cricket / Cross country / Cycling / Dance / Diving / Freshwater and saltwater fishing, including fly fishing / Fencing/Historical Fencing / Football / Football (soccer) / Free Running / Gliding / Golf / Gymnastics / Handball / Hang-gliding / Horseshoes / Hunting / Ice skating / Kitesurfing / Lacrosse / Lawn bowling / Marbles / Martial arts / netball / Paddle Tennis / Paintball / Parkour / Racquetball / Ringette / Roller Blading / Roller Skating / Rowing / Running & Jogging / Sailing / Shooting rifles, pistols, and shotguns / Squash / Surfing / Table tennis / Tae Kwon Do / Tennis / Track / Trampolining / Unicycling / Ultimate / Volleyball / Walking / Weight lifting / Skateboarding / Skating / Skiing / Slacklining / Snowboarding / Swimming / Wakeboarding / Water skiing / Yachting / Yoga / Soccer
(23) Toys of some sophistication: LEGO, including Brikwars, and Lego Mindstorms / Radio control toys / Erector Setsanding /
(24) Transportation & vehicles: Automobiles / Antique cars / Auto detailing / Autocross / Kit cars / Motorcycles / Mopeds / Scooters / Motorsports (auto/motorcycle racing) / Off-roading / Rallying / Trucks / Railfan / Roadgeek / Metrophile / Gongoozler (people who watch canals in the United Kingdom) / Transport spotting / Aircraft spotting / Bus spotting / Train spotting
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